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winston churchill said history would be kind to him. he intended to write it. richard did the same. not that he needed any action kindness. -- extra kindness. he wrote his first book about his life before and after the iraq war. the book drew praise from chris matthews of msnbc, saying "this is hemingway country." he struggled with dyslexia. he went to stanford and then in a burst of intuition he decided to become a foreign correspondent by moving to cairo without really knowing a lick of arabic. he settled in a poor neighborhood to help build a street from the ground up. instead of enjoying the lap of luxury, richard taught himself the culture and language bit by bit. he renders the common people of cairo with a maintenance and compassion. compassion. and we see him struggle with early newspaper gave in freelance pieces like some latter-day benjamin frankly. he finally wound up in jerusalem with abc news before nbc in 2003. his reporting from baghdad set the standard. he was the only american to cover it all. he tells this story and another book, which will be studied by historians
winston churchill said history would be kind to him. he intended to write it. richard did the same. not that he needed any action kindness. -- extra kindness. he wrote his first book about his life before and after the iraq war. the book drew praise from chris matthews of msnbc, saying "this is hemingway country." he struggled with dyslexia. he went to stanford and then in a burst of intuition he decided to become a foreign correspondent by moving to cairo without really knowing a...
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. >> the last item is a photo from churchill? that is what you guys have. the next thing i want to show you relates to fdr's relationship with churchill. church of roads a very lengthy letter to roosevelt in 1940 -- churchill wrote a very lengthy letter to roosevelt in 1940. went on a fishing crews after the election, labored over this labor -- this letter, and came up in the -- with the unique concept of land lease. this text document -- this next document is a document in russian written by joseph stalin. fdrr it was initiated, reached out to stall and asking -- fdr sent his aid to meet directly with joseph stalin. this is the actual shopping list. aluminum, 50 caliber machine guns come up 30 caliber rifles. the weekend of memorial day. we are back. linden at the wheel. always in the bankers close. -- clothes. county was in the back seat without a shirt on. was in the back seat without a shirt on. the most delightful cable car goes up to that house. many of our weekends are spent on the lake lyndon b. johnson. , there is jack. he is usually driving. foota
. >> the last item is a photo from churchill? that is what you guys have. the next thing i want to show you relates to fdr's relationship with churchill. church of roads a very lengthy letter to roosevelt in 1940 -- churchill wrote a very lengthy letter to roosevelt in 1940. went on a fishing crews after the election, labored over this labor -- this letter, and came up in the -- with the unique concept of land lease. this text document -- this next document is a document in russian...
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churchill wrote a very lengthy letter to roosevelt in 1940. talking about how britain would soon be out of cash, which was a requirement to purchase weapons at that time. fdr went on a fishing crews after the election, labored over this letter, and came up with the unique concept of land lease. this next document is a document in russian written by joseph stalin. after it was initiated, fdr sent his aid to meet directly with joseph stalin. this is the actual shopping list. light anti-aircraft guns. aluminum, 50 caliber machine guns, 30 caliber rifles. >> this is the weekend of memorial day. my brother, tony, and his wife are with us. we are back. lyndon at the wheel. always in the bankers clothes. tony was in the back seat without a shirt on. the house on the cliff belongs to mr. herschel. the most delightful cable car goes up to that house. many of our weekends are spent on the lake lyndon b. johnson. there is jake, there is jack. he is usually driving. >> it is home movie footage from 1955. -- 1965. it would shot and narrated by lady bird jo
churchill wrote a very lengthy letter to roosevelt in 1940. talking about how britain would soon be out of cash, which was a requirement to purchase weapons at that time. fdr went on a fishing crews after the election, labored over this letter, and came up with the unique concept of land lease. this next document is a document in russian written by joseph stalin. after it was initiated, fdr sent his aid to meet directly with joseph stalin. this is the actual shopping list. light anti-aircraft...
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wonderfuling the fought -- final volume of the trilogy on churchill. it is a great book. hopkins' name popped up. i had always known he played a role in world war ii. i did not realize how indispensable people like churchill and stalin thought he was and what an incredible alter ego he was to be present he was and how much power and influence he wielded. he died in 1946. it is a fascinating. bang. i do not think he had anything to do with that particular incident. i have not finished the book yet, so i might be surprised down the road. host: let's close on two e- mails. when is the government going to make policy to expand the use of natural gas to make america energy independence? followed by this one from jim. what do you think of exporting lng? should we keep it here or engage in free trade? guest: we should keep it here, no doubt about it. if you keep prices artificially low, we will lose the incentive to develop. i am a free trader. you'd cannot deny people the ability to trade. deny people the ability to trade. that will be an important development of jobs and an im
wonderfuling the fought -- final volume of the trilogy on churchill. it is a great book. hopkins' name popped up. i had always known he played a role in world war ii. i did not realize how indispensable people like churchill and stalin thought he was and what an incredible alter ego he was to be present he was and how much power and influence he wielded. he died in 1946. it is a fascinating. bang. i do not think he had anything to do with that particular incident. i have not finished the book...
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former british prime minister winston churchill who also spoke about winning and losing put it this way -- success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. tohael jordan, who failed try out for his high school varsity basketball team, catalog his career this way -- i have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. i have lost almost 300 games. the six times, i have been trusted to make the game-winning shot and missed. i've failed over and over again in my life and that is why i succeed. ladies and gentlemen, it can count on three things in life -- death, taxes, and failing at something somewhere along the way. .nd i speak from experience my first run for public office was not a success. in 1992, i got a little over 30% of the vote in the primary that i first ran in. about failing. it's about how you handle it. do you accept it as fact? or do you accept it as a challenge? humility is not a lack of confidence. it takes far more confident to be humble than to be arrogant. being humble will allow you to figure out who you really are, what you don't know a
former british prime minister winston churchill who also spoke about winning and losing put it this way -- success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. tohael jordan, who failed try out for his high school varsity basketball team, catalog his career this way -- i have missed more than 9000 shots in my career. i have lost almost 300 games. the six times, i have been trusted to make the game-winning shot and missed. i've failed over and over again in my...
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murrow who described the ascension of winston churchill to be prime ministership in 1940. "now the hour had come for him to mobilize the english language and send it into battle." these are different times to be sure. but we are all justifiably proud of his leadership, his good humor, and his ability to send the english language into battle. today is a day of celebration. it's a celebration of your hard work, your commitment, time, energy, passion, and prayers that you have put into graduating hillsdale. it is a day of celebration for the sacrifice and dedication your family has put in to get you here. i'm honored to join you today. let me say i fully recognize the most forgettable part of the entire day will be the all addition -- will be the politician they invited to be your commencement speaker. [laughter] today is the day your welcoming and celebrating with friends and family. but no worries. i'm in politics. i'm used to speaking when no one is listening. [laughter] indeed a few years back, i was on an airplane, and a voice came on paging tom cruise. somewhat sheepish
murrow who described the ascension of winston churchill to be prime ministership in 1940. "now the hour had come for him to mobilize the english language and send it into battle." these are different times to be sure. but we are all justifiably proud of his leadership, his good humor, and his ability to send the english language into battle. today is a day of celebration. it's a celebration of your hard work, your commitment, time, energy, passion, and prayers that you have put into...
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murrow who described the ascension of winston churchill to be prime ministership in 1940. "now the hour had come for him to mobilize the english language and send it into battle." these are different times to be sure. but we are all justifiably proud of his leadership, his good humor, and his ability to send the english language into today is a day of celebration. it's a celebration of your hard work, your commitment, time, energy, passion, and prayers that you have put into graduating hillsdale, it is a day of celebration for the sacrifice and dedication to her family has put in to get you here. i'm honored to join you today. let me say i fully recognize the most forgettable part of the entire day will be the politician they invited to be your commencement speaker. [laughter] today is the day your welcoming and celebrating with friends and family. but no worries. i'm in politics. i'm used to speaking when no one is listening. [laughter] indeed, a few years back, i was on an airplane, and a voice came on paging tom cruise. somewhat sheepishly, i came to the front of the pl
murrow who described the ascension of winston churchill to be prime ministership in 1940. "now the hour had come for him to mobilize the english language and send it into battle." these are different times to be sure. but we are all justifiably proud of his leadership, his good humor, and his ability to send the english language into today is a day of celebration. it's a celebration of your hard work, your commitment, time, energy, passion, and prayers that you have put into...
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these principles that interconnect, that hold western civilization, western christian come as winston churchill described it. those values that hold us together completely under assault by strategized by antonio who was the president of the communist party in italy from 1919 to 1926, and he was brilliant in his perception. he he is the father of multiculturalism. he created -- didn't use the word i could find, but he's the father of it, and he created the idea that if you could get people to identify themselves as victims and be in victims groups, there will be more energy in a group with common agreement than there would be in a group of prolitariates who need add job and wanted a better way of life. if you could get the focus of the grievance group intensify and bundle the groups up into a movement, throughout all of that you could break down western civilization and you could empower the socialist state, marxist state. that was his writings. his teachings. and some of the people in this congress actually do know about this man. i think i am eat only one who has actually attempted to read all
these principles that interconnect, that hold western civilization, western christian come as winston churchill described it. those values that hold us together completely under assault by strategized by antonio who was the president of the communist party in italy from 1919 to 1926, and he was brilliant in his perception. he he is the father of multiculturalism. he created -- didn't use the word i could find, but he's the father of it, and he created the idea that if you could get people to...
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another famous correspondent, winston churchill, said history would be kind to him because he did not have to write it. richard did the same, not that he needed in the extra kindness. he wrote his first book about his life before, during, and after the iraq war. the book drew praise from chris matthews of msnbc, saying of his descriptions of combat in his inevitable way, this is hemingway country. mr. more remarkable is engel's own story. to stanford, and in a burst of bravado and intuition, he decided to become a foreign correspondents by moving to cairo without knowing a lack of arabic. he settled in may corp's merit -- neighborhood to learn the street from the ground up. instead of enjoying dunlap of luxury enjoyed by some correspondence, richard taught himself the culture and language bit by bit. in his book he renders the common people of cairo with amazement and compassion. we see him struggle with early newspaper gigs and pieces like some ladder-day benjamin franklin, whiting up in jerusalem for abc news before going to nbc in 2003. richard's reporting from baghdad set the stan
another famous correspondent, winston churchill, said history would be kind to him because he did not have to write it. richard did the same, not that he needed in the extra kindness. he wrote his first book about his life before, during, and after the iraq war. the book drew praise from chris matthews of msnbc, saying of his descriptions of combat in his inevitable way, this is hemingway country. mr. more remarkable is engel's own story. to stanford, and in a burst of bravado and intuition, he...
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the problem with terry intervention and we have -- military intervention, and i think winston churchill said this, once you start a war, you do not know where it is going to end. that is a problem for president obama. the administration had a lot of smart people. i think there is a way to fund humanitarian support, to provide ,egal arms for the opposition all of that, but not be drawn into a land war. we were able to intervene in bosnia and kosovo and essentially use air power to end big wars. we only put troops on the ground after the wars ended after we in bothther peace places. that was resident clinton's administration, and it was done well and effectively. that is a possible model for president obama to look at. host: nicholas burns, the harvard kennedy school. lily is our next caller. california. democrat line. --k out good morning caller: good morning. i do disagree with you on your stance on the u.s. getting involved in syria. you say that we can fund the rebels. who are the rebels? how do we know the rebels we assist will not later turned against us as did the people in afghani
the problem with terry intervention and we have -- military intervention, and i think winston churchill said this, once you start a war, you do not know where it is going to end. that is a problem for president obama. the administration had a lot of smart people. i think there is a way to fund humanitarian support, to provide ,egal arms for the opposition all of that, but not be drawn into a land war. we were able to intervene in bosnia and kosovo and essentially use air power to end big wars....
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nother famous young correspondent, winston churchill said history would be kind to intended to write it. richard did the same, not that kindness.any extra he wrote his first book, "a the hornet's nest" about his life before, during, and after the iraq war. the book drew praise from chris atthews from msnbc saying of his descriptions of combat in -- this matthews way is hemingway country. is mr. more remarkable engel's own story. that of a young man who dyslexia while growing up in new york city. he went to stanford. of bravado and decided to become a foreign correspondent by cairo without, get this, without knowing a lick of arabic. he settled in the poor to learn the fabled arab street from the ground up. instead of enjoying the luxury enjoyed by some correspondents. he taught himself the language bit-by-bit. we see him struggle with early newspaper giggles and freelance some latter day benjamin franklin, finally up in jerusalem for abc ins before going back to nbc 2003. richard engel reporting from baghdad set the standard. the only american to cover it all in the early days of vic
nother famous young correspondent, winston churchill said history would be kind to intended to write it. richard did the same, not that kindness.any extra he wrote his first book, "a the hornet's nest" about his life before, during, and after the iraq war. the book drew praise from chris atthews from msnbc saying of his descriptions of combat in -- this matthews way is hemingway country. is mr. more remarkable engel's own story. that of a young man who dyslexia while growing up in new...
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people to question their government without fear of retribution or intimidation. 75 years ago winston churchill warned of a state of society where men may not speak their minds, where children denounce their parents to the police, where a businessman or small shopkeeper ruins his competitor by telling tales about his private opinions. if it is possible that we have taken even a single step that leads down to such places, that situation should occupy our full and undistracted attention until it is fully and completely rectified, new safeguards are erected against its recurrence and those responsible are held fully accountable. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlelady from california, ms. roybal-allard, for five minutes ms. roybal-allard: tragically, childbirth in the wealthiest of outcome ave a higher of bad things than any other place in the nation. more than 1/3 of all women who give birth experience some type of complication with an adverse effect on their health. these tragedies are most often found in communities of color. regrettably, mothers aren't the on
people to question their government without fear of retribution or intimidation. 75 years ago winston churchill warned of a state of society where men may not speak their minds, where children denounce their parents to the police, where a businessman or small shopkeeper ruins his competitor by telling tales about his private opinions. if it is possible that we have taken even a single step that leads down to such places, that situation should occupy our full and undistracted attention until it...
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the problem with terry intervention and we have -- military intervention, and i think winston churchill said this, once you start a war, you do not know where it is going to end. that is a problem for president obama. the administration had a lot of smart people. i think there is a way to fund humanitarian support, to provide legal arms for the opposition, to do all of that, but not be drawn into a land war. we were able to intervene in bosnia and kosovo and essentially use air power to end big wars. we only put troops on the ground after the wars ended after we put together peace in both places. that was resident clinton's administration, and it was done well and effectively. that is a possible model for president obama to look at. host: nicholas burns, the harvard kennedy school. lily is our next caller. california. democrat line. seek out good morning -- caller: good morning. i do disagree with you on your stance on the u.s. getting involved in syria. you say that we can fund the rebels. who are the rebels? how do we know the rebels we assist will not later turned against us as did t
the problem with terry intervention and we have -- military intervention, and i think winston churchill said this, once you start a war, you do not know where it is going to end. that is a problem for president obama. the administration had a lot of smart people. i think there is a way to fund humanitarian support, to provide legal arms for the opposition, to do all of that, but not be drawn into a land war. we were able to intervene in bosnia and kosovo and essentially use air power to end big...
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the problem with terry intervention and we have -- military intervention, and i think winston churchill said this, once you start a war, you do not know where it is going to end. that is a problem for president obama. the administration had a lot of smart people. i think there is a way to fund humanitarian support, to provide legal arms for the opposition, to do all of that, but not be drawn into a land war. we were able to intervene in bosnia and kosovo and essentially use air power to end ig wars. we only put troops on the ground after the wars ended after we put together peace in both laces. that was resident clinton's administration, and it was done well and effectively. that is a possible model for resident obama to look at. host: nicholas burns, the harvard kennedy school. lily is our next caller. california. democrat line. seek out good morning -- caller: good morning. i do disagree with you on your stance on the u.s. getting involved in syria. you say that we can fund the rebels. ho are the rebels? how do we know the rebels we assist will not later turned against us as did the p
the problem with terry intervention and we have -- military intervention, and i think winston churchill said this, once you start a war, you do not know where it is going to end. that is a problem for president obama. the administration had a lot of smart people. i think there is a way to fund humanitarian support, to provide legal arms for the opposition, to do all of that, but not be drawn into a land war. we were able to intervene in bosnia and kosovo and essentially use air power to end ig...
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ii military unit born through the efforts of president franklin roosevelt and prime minister winston churchill. the force conducted ultrahigh-risk military missions in italy and in france. once sent into action, the first special service force never, never failed a combat mission. the first special service force achieved remarkable success in battle and contributed prominently in the liberation of italy and france. most notably the force conducted battles south of casino, mountain monte, two peaks critical to the german defensive line. during the night of december 3 of 1943, the force ascended to the top of the precipice face of the mountain where the force suffered heavy casualties and overcame fierce resistance to overtake the german line. the first special service force .ost a total of 2,314 men original 34% of the combat force. these heroic service men represent the breadth and trepidity and courage and they have earned our country's deepest gratitude and highest praise. though many of the brave troops of the first special service force have been lost to us, this gold medal is an important
ii military unit born through the efforts of president franklin roosevelt and prime minister winston churchill. the force conducted ultrahigh-risk military missions in italy and in france. once sent into action, the first special service force never, never failed a combat mission. the first special service force achieved remarkable success in battle and contributed prominently in the liberation of italy and france. most notably the force conducted battles south of casino, mountain monte, two...
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more dangerous every day it remains open we are in a position that was best described by sir winston churchill, "americans cannot be counted to do the right thing because americans can be counted to do the right thing only when they have exhausted all other options." -- americans can be counted to do the right thing only when they have exhausted all other options." >> thank you very much. i wanted to start by thanking the co-sponsors of this event, my fellow panelists, and all of you for being here. i represented men at guantanamo and have been down to the base in 2007. i am going to speak from that experience. one of the man i first met has been known by his serial number, 310. he has been held for charge without dick held without charge -- held without charge for 11 years. justice department under president bush conceded in court that there were no longer any "military rationals" for his detention. as we speak here this morning he is in solitary confinement in a cell and the guantanamo. he is now 46 years old, he has lost over a decade of the most productive years of his life. he is the son
more dangerous every day it remains open we are in a position that was best described by sir winston churchill, "americans cannot be counted to do the right thing because americans can be counted to do the right thing only when they have exhausted all other options." -- americans can be counted to do the right thing only when they have exhausted all other options." >> thank you very much. i wanted to start by thanking the co-sponsors of this event, my fellow panelists, and...
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more dangerous every day it remains open we are in a position that was best described by sir winston churchill, "americans cannot be counted to do the right thing because americans can be counted to do the right thing only when they have exhausted all other options. -- americans can be counted to do the right thing only when they have exhausted all other ptions. >> thank you very much. i wanted to start by thanking the co-sponsors of this event, my fellow panelists, and all of you for being here. i represented men at guantanamo and have been down to the base in 2007. i am going to speak from that xperience. one of the man i first met has been known by his serial number, 310. he has been held for charge without charm for over 11 years like most of the 166 men who remain. the justice department under president bush conceded in court that there were no longer any "military rationals" for his detention. as we speak here this morning he is in solitary confinement in a cell and the guantanamo. he is now 46 years old, he has lost over a decade of the most productive years of his life. he is the son a
more dangerous every day it remains open we are in a position that was best described by sir winston churchill, "americans cannot be counted to do the right thing because americans can be counted to do the right thing only when they have exhausted all other options. -- americans can be counted to do the right thing only when they have exhausted all other ptions. >> thank you very much. i wanted to start by thanking the co-sponsors of this event, my fellow panelists, and all of you...
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we don't read about or see the anti-stigma things to talk , churchill's depression, abraham lincoln's depression. some of the greatest american struggled with these conditions. why don't we bring them up? to see a little bit more of that. >> good. partnerships. particularly between the va -- there may be some that i am unaware of. or opportunities for partnerships we could make them aware of. aware of and then out on some programs like healing waters in montana and you mentioned a project odyssey in your testimony. which is maybe classified in or peer to peer program maybe separate? >> it has a strong element of peer to peer. light on could shed programs like that, their we mightness and how be able to expand on other programs. ,here are programs out there animals, horses in particular. dogs. this kind of talk about opportunities out there to collaborate on peer activities related to the outdoors to release stress. , projective follow-up odyssey is one of 18 different that our organization operates. it is a program that takes likeiors out into retreat- settings. it might be montana fo
we don't read about or see the anti-stigma things to talk , churchill's depression, abraham lincoln's depression. some of the greatest american struggled with these conditions. why don't we bring them up? to see a little bit more of that. >> good. partnerships. particularly between the va -- there may be some that i am unaware of. or opportunities for partnerships we could make them aware of. aware of and then out on some programs like healing waters in montana and you mentioned a project...
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winston churchill said history would be kind to him. he intended to write it. richard did the same. not that he needed any action kindness. he wrote his first book about his life before and after the iraq war. the book drew praise from chris matthews of msnbc, saying "this is hemingway country." he struggled with dyslexia. he went to stanford and then in a burst of intuition he decided to become a foreign correspondent by moving to cairo with out really knowing a lick of arabic. he settled in a poor neighborhood to help build a street from the ground up. instead of enjoying the lap of luxury, richard taught himself the culture and language bit by bit. he renders the common people of cairo with a maintenance and compassion.-- amazement and compassion. we see him struggle with early newspaper gave in freelance pieces like some latter-day benjamin frankly.-- franklin. he finally wound up in jerusalem with abc news before nbc in 2003. his reporting from baghdad set the standard. he was the only american to cover it all. he tells this story and another book, which will be studied by hist
winston churchill said history would be kind to him. he intended to write it. richard did the same. not that he needed any action kindness. he wrote his first book about his life before and after the iraq war. the book drew praise from chris matthews of msnbc, saying "this is hemingway country." he struggled with dyslexia. he went to stanford and then in a burst of intuition he decided to become a foreign correspondent by moving to cairo with out really knowing a lick of arabic. he...